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The WORLD (Weight Optimization: Revamping Lifestyles Using the Dietary Guidelines) Study - Developing, Implementing, and Testing an Education Program

ClinicalTrials.gov ID: NCT00847574

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Official title

Development, Implementation, & Testing and Education Program to Teach Weight Loss Using the 2005 Dietary Guidelines to Pre-Menopausal Women

Brief summary

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The WORLD study is a single-center, year-long randomized controlled trial in free-living women. Participants were randomly assigned to follow either a lower-fat (LF) diet or a moderate-fat (MF) diet for weight management in a parallel-arm design. The two phases of the study were a weight-loss phase (phase 1) and a weight-maintenance phase (phase 2) (Figure 1). During phase 1, months 1 through 4, participants consumed a hypo-caloric diet consistent with the 2005 Dietary Guidelines in the free-living environment. During phase 2, months 5 through 12, participants shifted into weight maintenance. It was hypothesized that a weight-loss intervention at the extremes of dietary fat recommendations of the 2005 Dietary Guidelines would be equally effective for weight loss while achieving comparable nutrient adequacy. Also, Overall, the lower-fat and moderate-fat diets would both be nutritionally adequate, based on the Healthy Eating Index.

Study identification

NCT ID
NCT00847574
Recruitment status
Completed
Study type
Interventional
Phase
Not applicable
Lead sponsor
Penn State University
Other
Enrollment
101 participants

Conditions and interventions

Interventions

Behavioral

Eligibility (public fields only)

Age range
21 Years to 50 Years
Sex
Female
Healthy volunteers
Accepts healthy volunteers

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Study timeline

Start date
Feb 28, 2006
Primary completion
May 31, 2008
Completion
Nov 30, 2010
Last update posted
Aug 17, 2023

2006 – 2010

United States locations

U.S. sites
1
U.S. states
1
U.S. cities
1
Facility City State ZIP Site status
Penn State University University Park Pennsylvania 16802

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